Increasing irrigation water productivity in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe through on-farm monitoring, adaptive management and agricultural innovation platforms

Dr Jamie Pittock & Dr Makarius Mdemu at commerical rice irrigation scheme Great Ruaha, Tanzania. Photo credit J Pittock, ANU
Dr Jamie Pittock & Dr Makarius Mdemu at commerical rice irrigation scheme Great Ruaha, Tanzania. Photo credit J Pittock, ANU
Project staff inspecting irrigation canal headworks in the Great Ruaha region of Tanzania. Photo credit J Pittock, ANU
Project staff inspecting irrigation canal headworks in the Great Ruaha region of Tanzania. Photo credit J Pittock, ANU
Project leader: 
Australian National University, Dr Jamie Pittock, Director of International Programs and UNESCO Chair in Water Economics and Transboundary Water Governance
ACIAR project manager: 
Dr Evan Christen
Start Date: 
15 June 2013
End Date: 
14 June 2017
Partners: 
• Australian National University
• AKMA – Tanzania
• Ardhi University - Tanzania
• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) - Australia
• ECOLI
Tanzania • Food
Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
• International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
• National Institute of Irrigation - Mozambique
• University of Pretoria - South Africa
• University of South Australia
AIFSC Investment: 
$3.2 million
Co-contribution: 
$1.8 million

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